Showalter vs. Judd Match, 1892


Jackson Whipps Showalter vs. Max Judd Match
December 1891 - January 1892
7 Wins


            1 2 3 4 5 6  7 8 9 0 1 2 3 4
Showalter   ½ 0 0 1 ½ 0 [+3-0=1] 0 1 1 1  +7-4=3
Judd        ½ 1 1 0 ½ 1 [+0-3=1] 1 0 0 0  +4-7=3

Not much information on this match, apart that it was played, and that the New York Times of, January 7, 1892, describes it as a Championship match. A little (micro)-fiching trip to the Library turned up this:

NEW YORK TIMES
Thursday January 7, 1892, Page 1
CHESS PLAYER JUDD ILL St. Louis, Jan 6. - Judd, the chess player, is so ill that the championship match here is at a standstill. He has, however, agreed to play the twenty-fourth game next Monday, or forfeit the match to Showalter. The latter has a match on for $500 with Lipscutz, in New-York, which is expected to be played next week.

"Twenty-fourth game" is, apparently, a misprint, and should read "fourteenth game".

It's not quite clear, but the rules of this match seem to have been Showalter's favorite First to win 7 games, with an extension to 10 wins in the event of a 6-6 tie.

Other newspaper reports still pending confirmation:

Chicago Tribune, 12/11/1891 - Judd won the second (?) game in 50 moves.
Chicago Tribune, 12/11/1891 - Judd won the third game in 39 moves, and leads +2-0=1
New York Times, 12/15/1891 - Game 5 drawn in 66 moves, Judd ahead +2-1=2
New York Times, 12/18/1891 - Judd ahead +3-1=2, play held up by a dispute, with both players awaiting a ruling by Steinitz.
New York Times, 12/19/1891 - Steinitz rules no penalty, since the rules weren't agreed on. Judd would be correct under German or English rules; Showalter would be correct under rules passed by the 5th American Congress. (Unfortunately, no information on what the dispute was actually ABOUT! #$%&*)
Brooklyn Eagle, 12/27/1891 - Judd wins game 11, a Ruy Lopez. Score tied +4-4=3.
New York Times, 1/13/1892 - Judd resigns last game; Showalter wins +7-4=3

Other reports:

Deutsche Schachzeitung 1891, p. 384 notes that the Saint Louis Post Dispatch mentions a Three-Way Match tournament between Judd, Showalter and Lipschutz, beginning 12/7/1891 in Saint Louis. Showalter did not agree to playing Lipschuetz for $500, so Lipschuetz dropped out, leaving a Showalter-Judd Match. Says that the match was to 7 wins, and says that the final score was +7-4=4. (A Lipschuetz-Showalter match took place later in 1892).
Deutsche Schachzeitung 1892, p. 48 gives a Showalter-Judd game, won by Showalter, but no mention of which game it was.

[Event "Judd - Showalter"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "1890.05.19"] [Round "1"] [White "Showalter, Jackson Whipps"] [Black "Judd, Max"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C80"] [EventDate "1890.05.19"] [Source "(St. Louis) Republic, 1890.05.20, p6"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Ne7 9.Re1 Nc5 10.Nd4 Ne6 11.c3 c5 12.Nf3 Bb7 13.Nbd2 g6 14.Nf1 Bg7 15.Be3 Qc7 16.Qc1 h6 17.a4 Bc6 18.axb5 axb5 19.Rxa8+ Bxa8 20.Qa1 Bb7 21.Qa7 O-O 22.Qa1 Nf5 23.Bd2 d4 24.Bc2 Bxf3 25.Bxf5 gxf5 26.gxf3 f4 27.cxd4 Nxd4 28. Qd1 Bxe5 29.h3 f6 30.Kh1 Qd7 31.Nh2 Kh8 32.Bc3 Qxh3 33.Rg1 Qf5 34.Rg2 Rg8 35.Rxg8+ Kxg8 36.b4 Qc2 37.Qxc2 Nxc2 38.Bxe5 fxe5 39.bxc5 Kf7 40.Ng4 Ke6 41.c6 Nd4 42.Nxe5 Kd6 43.Nd3 Ne6 44.Nb4 Kc5 45.c7 Nxc7 46.Nd3+ Kd4 47.Nxf4 b4 48.Kg2 b3 49.Ne2+ Kc4 50.Ng3 b2 51.Ne4 Kd3 52.Nc5+ Kc2 {[3:00-3:05]} 0-1 [Event "Judd - Showalter"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "1890.05.20"] [Round "2"] [White "Judd, Max"] [Black "Showalter, Jackson Whipps"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C60"] [EventDate "1890.05.19"] [Source "(St. Louis) Republic, 1890.05.21, p3"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Be7 4.O-O Bf6 5.c3 Nge7 6.d4 Ng6 7.dxe5 Ncxe5 8. Nxe5 Bxe5 9.f4 Bd6 10.Be3 Qe7 11.Bd3 b6 12.b4 Bb7 13.Nd2 c5 14.a3 Rc8 15. b5 O-O 16.Qh5 Bb8 17.Rae1 Rfe8 18.e5 d6 19.Nf3 Nf8 20.Bc1 Bxf3 21.Qxf3 dxe5 22.fxe5 c4 23.Bb1 Bxe5 24.Kh1 Ng6 25.a4 Qf6 26.Qd5 Qe6 27.Qxe6 Rxe6 28.Bf5 Bxc3 29.Rxe6 fxe6 30.Bxe6+ Kh8 31.Bxc8 Bf6 32.Re1 {[2:00-2:00]} 1-0 [Event "Judd - Showalter"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "1890.05.22"] [Round "3"] [White "Showalter, Jackson Whipps"] [Black "Judd, Max"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C80"] [EventDate "1890.05.19"] [Source "(St. Louis) Republic, 1890.05.23, p5"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Ne7 9.Ng5 Nc5 10.Nc3 c6 11.Re1 Nxb3 12.axb3 h6 13.Nce4 dxe4 14.Qxd8+ Kxd8 15.Nxf7+ Ke8 16.Nxh8 Be6 17.Rd1 g5 18.Rd6 Bf5 19.g4 Bh7 20.h4 Bg7 21.h5 Nc8 22.Rxc6 Bxh8 23.Rxh6 Ra7 24.Be3 Rd7 25.Raxa6 Kf8 26.Ra8 Rc7 27.Rxh7 Rxh7 28.Rxc8+ {[1:42-0:49]} 1-0 [Event "Judd - Showalter"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "1890.05.23"] [Round "4"] [White "Judd, Max"] [Black "Showalter, Jackson Whipps"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [EventDate "1890.05.19"] [Source "(St. Louis) Republic, 1890.05.24, p3"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9.Nd4 Nc5 10.Rd1 Bb7 11.Qg4 g6 12.Bh6 Bf8 13.Bxf8 Rxf8 14.Nc3 Qe7 15.b4 Ne6 16.Ne4 O-O-O 17.Nxe6 fxe6 18.Nc5 h5 19.Qxg6 Rf5 20.Re1 Rdf8 21. f3 h4 22.h3 Rg5 23.Qe4 Qg7 24.f4 Rgf5 25.Rf1 Qh6 26.Qd4 R5f7 27.Rad1 Qg7 28.Qe4 Rg8 29.Nxb7 Kxb7 30.b5 Ka8 31.bxc6 d5 32.exd6 {[1:35-1:55]} 1-0 [Event "Judd - Showalter"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "1890.05.24"] [Round "5"] [White "Showalter, Jackson Whipps"] [Black "Judd, Max"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C79"] [EventDate "1890.05.19"] [Source "(St. Louis) Republic, 1890.06.01, p21"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O d6 6.c3 b5 7.Bb3 Be7 8.d4 Bg4 9.Be3 Qd7 10.Nbd2 O-O 11.h3 Bh5 12.Kh1 Rfe8 13.Qe2 Bf8 14.d5 Ne7 15.Bg5 h6 16.Bxf6 gxf6 17.g4 Bg6 18.Nh4 c6 19.dxc6 Qc7 20.Bd5 Kh7 21.c4 b4 22.f4 exf4 23.Rxf4 Bg7 24.Nf5 Nxc6 25.Qf2 Bxf5 26.gxf5 Rac8 27.Rg1 Ne5 28.Nf3 Rg8 29.Nxe5 fxe5 30.Rfg4 Bf6 31.Qg3 Rg5 32.h4 Rxg4 33.Qxg4 Qe7 34.Qh5 Rf8 35.c5 dxc5 36.Rg6 Bg7 37.Rb6 c4 38.Rb7 Qc5 39.Rxf7 Rxf7 40.Qxf7 Qf8 41. Qg6+ Kh8 42.Qxa6 c3 43.bxc3 bxc3 44.Qc6 Qd8 45.Kg2 Kh7 46.Kh3 Bf6 47.Qxc3 Qe7 48.Qc8 Qg7 49.Qc1 Qa7 50.Qe1 Qa3+ 51.Bb3 Qa6 52.Qd1 Qb6 53.Qf3 Qg1 54. a4 Qe1 55.h5 Qh4+ 56.Kg2 Qg5+ 57.Kh3 Qh4+ 58.Kg2 Qg5+ 59.Qg3 Qxg3+ 60.Kxg3 Bd8 {Adjourned} 61.Kf3 1-0 [Event "Judd - Showalter"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "1890.05.26"] [Round "6"] [White "Judd, Max"] [Black "Showalter, Jackson Whipps"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [EventDate "1890.05.19"] [Source "(St. Louis) Republic, 1890.06.15, p5"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9.Nd4 O-O 10.Nc3 f6 11.e6 Re8 12.exd7 Qxd7 13.Qc4+ Kf8 14.Re1 Bd6 15.Bd2 Nc5 16.Nb3 Nxb3 17.axb3 Qf7 18.Rxe8+ Qxe8 19.Re1 Qh5 20.Bf4 Bd7 21. Bxd6+ cxd6 22.Qd4 d5 23.Re3 Re8 24.Qxa7 Rxe3 25.Qxe3 Qe5 26.Qxe5 fxe5 27. Na4 d4 28.c3 Ke7 29.Kf1 Kd6 30.b4 Bf5 31.Ke2 Bc2 32.Nc5 Kd5 33.Kd2 Bf5 34. f3 h5 35.Nb3 g5 36.Nc1 g4 37.Ne2 gxf3 38.gxf3 Bg6 39.cxd4 Bf7 40.Ke3 exd4+ 41.Nxd4 Be8 42.b3 Bd7 43.Ne2 Ke5 44.f4+ Kf5 45.Kf3 Kf6 46.Nd4 Bg4+ 47.Ke4 {And Black resigned on the 58th move.} 1-0 [Event "Judd - Showalter"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "1890.05.27"] [Round "7"] [White "Showalter, Jackson Whipps"] [Black "Judd, Max"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C80"] [EventDate "1890.05.19"] [Source "(St. Louis) Republic, 1890.05.28, p3"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 a6 4.Ba4 Nf6 5.O-O Nxe4 6.d4 b5 7.Bb3 d5 8.dxe5 Ne7 9.Ng5 Nxg5 10.Bxg5 c6 11.Nc3 Be6 12.Kh1 h6 13.Bxe7 Bxe7 14.f4 Qd7 15. Ne2 O-O 16.Ng3 g6 17.c3 Bg4 18.Qd2 Bh4 19.f5 Bxg3 20.f6 Kh7 21.hxg3 Rae8 22.Rae1 Rh8 23.Rf4 Kg8 24.Qd4 h5 25.Bc2 Be6 26.Qe3 Rc8 27.Rh4 c5 28.Qg5 Kf8 29.Bd1 Rg8 30.g4 hxg4 31.Qh6+ Ke8 32.Qg7 {[1:55-2:10]} 1-0 [Event "Judd - Showalter"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "1890.05.29"] [Round "8"] [White "Judd, Max"] [Black "Showalter, Jackson Whipps"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C67"] [EventDate "1890.05.19"] [Source "(St. Louis) Republic, 1890.06.01, p21"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Nf6 4.O-O Nxe4 5.d4 Be7 6.Qe2 Nd6 7.Bxc6 bxc6 8. dxe5 Nb7 9.Nd4 O-O 10.Nc3 Nc5 11.Rd1 Qe8 12.Bf4 f6 13.exf6 Bxf6 14.Qc4+ Qf7 15.Qxc5 Be7 16.Qf5 Qxf5 17.Nxf5 Rxf5 18.Bxc7 d5 19.Ne2 Bc5 20.Bg3 Rf7 21.h3 h5 22.Nc1 Bf5 23.Nd3 Bxd3 24.Rxd3 Raf8 25.Rf1 g5 26.h4 gxh4 27.Bxh4 Rf4 28.Bg3 Rc4 29.c3 h4 30.Be5 Rg4 31.Bd4 Bd6 32.Re1 Rf5 33.Re6 Bf4 34.Be3 Bxe3 35.Rexe3 Rfg5 36.g3 Kf7 37.Kh2 hxg3+ 38.Rxg3 Rh4+ 39.Kg2 Rxg3+ 40. Kxg3 Rh1 41.Rd4 Ke6 42.Rb4 Ra1 43.a3 Rg1+ 44.Kf4 Rg7 45.a4 Kd6 46.a5 c5 47.Rb8 Rf7+ 48.Ke3 Re7+ 49.Kf3 Rf7+ 50.Kg2 Kc7 51.Ra8 Kb7 52.Rd8 Kc6 53.a6 Rf4 54.b3 Rf5 55.Rb8 d4 56.cxd4 cxd4 57.b4 d3 58.Kf1 Re5 59.Rd8 Kb5 60. Rxd3 Kxa6 61.Rd4 Kb6 62.f4 Rf5 63.Kg2 a5 64.bxa5+ Rxa5 65.Kg3 Kc5 66.Rd8 Ra6 67.Kg4 Kc6 68.Kg5 Kc7 69.Rd1 Ra2 70.f5 Rg2+ 71.Kf6 Rf2 72.Kg6 Rg2+ 73. Kf7 Rg3 74.f6 Rg2 75.Rd5 Rg1 76.Ke6 Re1+ 77.Re5 Rf1 78.Ke7 Rd1 79.f7 Rd7+ 80.Kf6 {[2:15-4:45]} 1-0 [Event "Judd - Showalter"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "1890.06.02"] [Round "9"] [White "Showalter, Jackson Whipps"] [Black "Judd, Max"] [Result "0-1"] [ECO "C13"] [EventDate "1890.05.19"] [Source "(St. Louis) Republic, 1890.06.08, p24"] 1.e4 e6 2.d4 d5 3.Nc3 Nf6 4.Bg5 Be7 5.Bxf6 Bxf6 6.e5 Be7 7.Qg4 g6 8.Nf3 b6 9.h4 h5 10.Qf4 a6 11.Ng5 Bxg5 12.hxg5 c5 13.dxc5 bxc5 14.O-O-O Nd7 15.g4 h4 16.Bg2 Bb7 17.Rh3 Qc7 18.Re1 Qa5 19.Reh1 Qb4 20.Ne4 dxe4 21.Rb3 Qd4 22. Rxb7 Qxe5 23.Qd2 Qd5 24.Qxd5 exd5 25.Rd1 O-O-O 26.Ra7 h3 27.Bf1 c4 28.Rxa6 h2 29.Bg2 Ne5 30.Ra3 Nxg4 31.Rf1 Ne5 32.Rh1 Kc7 33.Kd2 Rh4 34.Ra7+ Kd6 35. Ra6+ Ke7 36.Ke2 Rdh8 37.Ra7+ Kd6 38.Ra6+ Nc6 39.b4 cxb3 40.cxb3 Rg4 41.Kf1 Kc5 42.f3 exf3 43.Bxf3 Rxg5 44.a3 Nd4 45.b4+ Kc4 46.Rf6 Nxf3 47.Rxf3 f5 48.Rf4+ Kb3 49.Rf3+ Ka4 50.Rd3 f4 51.Kf2 Re5 52.Rc3 g5 53.Kf3 Rh3+ {[3:25-2:00]} 0-1 [Event "Judd - Showalter"] [Site "St. Louis, MO USA"] [Date "1890.06.03"] [Round "10"] [White "Judd, Max"] [Black "Showalter, Jackson Whipps"] [Result "1-0"] [ECO "C60"] [EventDate "1890.05.19"] [Source "(St. Louis) Republic, 1890.06.08, p24"] 1.e4 e5 2.Nf3 Nc6 3.Bb5 Be7 4.Nc3 Bf6 5.Nd5 a6 6.Ba4 b5 7.Bb3 d6 8.c3 Nce7 9.d4 exd4 10.cxd4 Bb7 11.Nxf6+ Nxf6 12.Ng5 O-O 13.f3 Ng6 14.O-O h6 15.Nh3 Bc8 16.Nf4 Nxf4 17.Bxf4 Kh8 18.Be3 Bb7 19.Bc2 Nh7 20.g4 h5 21.h3 Qh4 22. Kg2 g6 23.Qd2 f5 24.Bf2 Qg5 25.Qxg5 Nxg5 26.Be3 f4 27.Bd2 Ne6 28.Bc3 Kh7 29.d5 Nc5 30.gxh5 gxh5 31.Kf2 Nd7 32.e5+ Kh6 33.Rg1 Rg8 34.exd6 Nb6 35. Rae1 Bxd5 36.Bd2 Raf8 37.dxc7 h4 38.Rxg8 Bxg8 39.Rg1 Bh7 40.Bxh7 Kxh7 41. Rg4 Nd5 42.Rxh4+ Kg6 43.Bxf4 Nxf4 44.Rxf4 Rc8 45.a4 Rxc7 46.axb5 Rc2+ 47. Kg3 Rxb2 48.bxa6 Ra2 49.Rb4 Rxa6 50.Kg4 Kf6 51.f4 Kg6 52.h4 Ra7 53.Rb6+ Kg7 54.h5 Kh7 55.Kg5 Ra5+ 56.f5 Ra8 57.Rb7+ Kg8 58.h6 Kh8 59.Kg6 Rf8 60.f6 Rg8+ 61.Rg7 Ra8 62.Rh7+ 1-0

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